diff --git a/drivers/of/fdt.c b/drivers/of/fdt.c
index e8fd54a..918809e 100644
--- a/drivers/of/fdt.c
+++ b/drivers/of/fdt.c
@@ -827,19 +827,13 @@
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	for (match = __earlycon_table; match < __earlycon_table_end; match++) {
-		u64 addr;
-
 		if (!match->compatible[0])
 			continue;
 
 		if (fdt_node_check_compatible(fdt, offset, match->compatible))
 			continue;
 
-		addr = fdt_translate_address(fdt, offset);
-		if (addr == OF_BAD_ADDR)
-			return -ENXIO;
-
-		of_setup_earlycon(addr, match, offset, options);
+		of_setup_earlycon(match, offset, options);
 		return 0;
 	}
 	return -ENODEV;
diff --git a/drivers/of/fdt_address.c b/drivers/of/fdt_address.c
index 8d3dc6f..dca8f9b 100644
--- a/drivers/of/fdt_address.c
+++ b/drivers/of/fdt_address.c
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
  * that can be mapped to a cpu physical address). This is not really specified
  * that way, but this is traditionally the way IBM at least do things
  */
-u64 __init fdt_translate_address(const void *blob, int node_offset)
+static u64 __init fdt_translate_address(const void *blob, int node_offset)
 {
 	int parent, len;
 	const struct of_bus *bus, *pbus;
@@ -239,3 +239,12 @@
  bail:
 	return result;
 }
+
+/**
+ * of_flat_dt_translate_address - translate DT addr into CPU phys addr
+ * @node: node in the flat blob
+ */
+u64 __init of_flat_dt_translate_address(unsigned long node)
+{
+	return fdt_translate_address(initial_boot_params, node);
+}